第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文．掌握其大

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文．掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项。                                                     

My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home. In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and __36__ life in a foreign country.

It was a milestone in Dan’s life, a change from school days to   37  . When we were to say goodbye, I   38   closely at his face. I would like to provide him with good   39_  that would last longer than here and now.

But not a sound came over my lips. I   40   motionless and silent, looking    41__    my son’s green eyes.

I knew that this wasn’t the first time I    42    such an opportunity pass me by. When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on his first day in preschool. I   43   the excitement in his hand that held mine when the bus came round the corner. He looked at me —just _ _44    he did now. And then he boarded the bus and   45  . The bus drove away. And I hadn’t     46   a word.

Some ten years later, a similar experience    47  . His mother and I drove him to the university where he was going to   48  . Dan was ill in bed when I wanted to say goodbye.  __49   the words let me down. I only murmured something like “I hope you are   50   , Dan.” Then I turned around and left.

Now I stood in front of him and recalled all the   51    when I hadn’t make use of those opportunities. Why does it have to be so    52    to tell your son what you feel? My mouth was

53   , and I knew I would only say a few words.

“Dan,” I   54   stammered out（结结巴巴地说）, “if I had the choice myself, I would have   

55    you.” That was all I could say. It was nothing, and yet it was everything.

36. A．experiment B．experience       C．business    D．knowledge

37. A．neighborhood    B．childhood C．adulthood D．brotherhood

38. A．looked       B．fixed C．glared       D．stared

39. A．gift     B．support     C．skill  D．advice

40. A．walked       B．stood C．sat     D．wondered

41. A．like     B．for    C．at      D．into

42. A．made  B．had   C．let     D．got

43. A．felt     B．knew C．found       D．realized

44. A．when  B．as      C．since D．once

45. A．enjoyed      B．ran    C．left    D．disappeared

46. A．heard  B．said   C．gave  D．left

47. A．took place  B．took on     C．turned out D．turned up

48. A．play    B．visit  C．study D．search

49. A．Luckily      B．Once C．Again       D．Therefore

50. A．stronger     B．happier     C．greater      D．better

51. A．times  B．places       C．days  D．ways

52. A．eager  B．important  C．difficult    D．lovely

53. A．wet     B．dry    C．anxious     D．painful

54. A．directly      B．finally      C．kindly      D．nervously

55. A．loved  B．praised     C．supported  D．chosen